Chapter 14
*Hazel Murray*
I woke up the next morning and just stared at the ceiling of my bunk. I was so glad we were at San Jose, in California. Yesterday night in Phoenix was the last show of the boys for two days. So basically, they had a break. Since we were all tired of our bunks, Paul registered us in a hotel in town. I packed a small bag of clothes for the hotel.
When I said we were in a break, I lied. The boys still had to rehearse, but this time, it will be with me. We had a meeting with Simon this morning for the choice of my songs. Then, we would practice a bit, and then we had a break for the night.
Yesterday night, while the boys were out there signing, I was on my new laptop all night, visiting my Facebook page, my Tumblr blog, my Twitter account, my YouTube page and all the medias I was using. Nothing really changed. A couple of new followers on Tumblr. Hate on Twitter and YouTube. A few comments on Facebook.
I sighed in my bed, wanting to stay there for a long long time. I lazily looked at the clock and I saw 10:23. Crap! Simon wanted us at the studio and ready to start at 10:45. I jumped out of bed and quickly got dressed . I grabbed my white Toms and my phone, threw a wool shirt over my black tank top. I applied a coat of mascara over my eyelashes and some eyeliner on my eye line, and put some Eos lipstick. I took my bag and I was ready.
I left my bunk and went in the living room, where all the guys were ready and the girls too.
"Good, you've waken up." Niall said. "Hungry?"
"No, I'm fine, I'll just eat at the studio." I answered. "Why didn't anyone wake me up?"
"We tried to..." Harry answered. "But you wouldn't budge. I thought Zayn was a heavy sleeper..."
"It was like you were dead, except that you were breathing." Louis said.
"That's kind of the opposite of dead, Lou." I said.
Harry and Niall snickered. Liam just shook his head with a smile and Zayn... well Zayn was occupied with Perrie.
"Okay, well I'm there and awake. Shall we go?" I said cheerfully.
"Yes." Harry said and everybody got up. "When I compared you to Zayn, I think I was wrong..." Harry whispered to me as I passed by him.
"How come?"
"He's grumpy when he wakes up."
"I'm grumpy too, but only when I'm sleepy." I replied, climbing in the car. "Hi, D." I said.
"Morning, Hazel." Andy answered. "Slept well?"
I blushed. "Yeah..."
Everybody was in the car now. Niall rode shotgun next to Paul. All the couples were together in the back, so I sat down next to Harry to talk to him.
"By the way, you're really cute when you sleep." Harry whispered to me.
His breath was close to my ear, making me shudder. I remembered us being so close in that little alley yesterday.
"Next time, if you want me to wake up. just tickle me in the neck." I whispered back.
Harry chuckled. "Tickle you in the neck?"
"That's how my parents wake me up when I oversleep. Nothing can wake me up except that when I'm sleeping deep like that."
"Does it happen a lot?" Harry asked.
"From time to time. The first time it happened, I was like four years old. I slept an entire day before my parents finally discovered that tickling me in the neck would instantly wake me up. I woke up in a soaked bed, because they threw a bucket of cold water and ice on me to wake me up, but it didn't work." I giggled.
"You are a strange one..." Harry shook his head, a smile on his lips. His eyes wandered on my face and stopped on my lips, instantly making me self-conscious and very aware that we were really close. His eyes returned on mine and a smug smile stretched his lips. "A very cute strange one." He said.
I blushed and looked away.
"Haze?" Harry softly said, bringing my gaze back on him. "Would you like to go somewhere with me after?"
My heart stopped. Was he asking me on a date? A friendly date? Of course a friendly date... Nobody would want a poor girl like you for a romantic date. A voice snickered in my mind, but I shut it off.
"Uh, yeah sure..." I said hesitantly.
Harry's face lit up in a huge smile. "Great. Wear something casual. We'll go at like... 4 P.M."
You see? If it was a romantic date, he would bring you somewhere fancy... The voice continued. I frowned. I didn't care about fancy. Plus, if Harry just wanted to be friend, which was probably the case, it was fine by me.
I just smiled and nodded. "Okay, sure."
The rest of the car ride was silent between us. A comfortable silence. I just enjoyed having him close. His hand was so close to mine, I just wanted to take it and feel the same thing I felt yesterday. The car stopped and we had to get down. I was feeling cold after Harry left his spot next to me.
We went inside the studio and saw Simon waiting for us.
"Finally." Simon groaned when he saw us.
"Hi Simon. Were only five minutes late, by the way..." Liam said.
"Five minutes late is five minutes we could need." Simon snapped.
I smiled at Simon. "It's my fault Simon. I have a heavy sleep and the boys couldn't wake me up."
Simon calmed down and looked at me from head to toe. "It's okay. You look amazing, Hazel. I knew a new look would be amazing on you."
I blushed and looked at my feet. "Thanks, Simon."
"You're welcome, honey." Simon clapped his hand. "Now, shall we begin with your songs?"
I nodded and sat down next to the gorgeous guitar next to me. It was a blue Richwood electric Les Paul guitar . I took it and played a couple of chords to get use to it. Then I nodded to Simon.
"I'm ready. I'm just going to play the parts I will play in the show on the guitar. The rest will be up to the instruments. Some of the songs I chose are on piano, but I'll sing them acapella for now. If you choose them, I guess we'll need a pianist."
"Don't worry about the set up.. We'll choose the song first, then we'll get to it." Simon answered. "We need 7 songs from you."
I nodded. "I have 15 songs to show you."
"Okay." Simon turned to the boys. "Each of you take 1 favorite song, I'll take another one, and we'll choose the last one together. All right?"
They nodded and I started presenting all of my songs. At the end, the boys were really excited. Simon nodded his head in wonder.
"My gut wasn't lying when it told me you were amazing. Your voice in gorgeous in a video with a poor resolution, but in real life it's... breathtaking." Simon said, making me blush. "Okay, boys. Take a favorite each." (A/N: I know some of these songs weren't out in 2012, IT DOESN'T MATTER JUST GO ON WITH THE STORY)
Harry was the first to talk.
"I love 'Autumn Leaves'."
His stared seriously in my eyes, his green eyes soft and wonderful. He grinned at me and I couldn't help but smile back. My stomach was full of butterflies.
"I'll take 'Don't stop believing'." Niall said. "First of all, you're voice is amazing when you hit the notes at the end, and your solo on the guitar is just too good to let it pass."
I nodded. 'Don't stop believing' was one of my favorite songs.
"My favorite is 'Make you feel my love'." Liam said.
Zayn nodded. "I was going to take that one, but now that you took it..." He chuckled. "I'll go with 'Hold on'."
Louis gasped. "Damn it, Zaynie! You stole mine now!"
"Sorry!"
"Nah it's okay... It's easy to take another one, she's so good. I'll take 'Kiss me'."
Now it was Simon's turn. He looked at me deep in the eye.
"I won't choose this song just because I'm a great fan of the Beatles. I'm choosing this song because the way you sing it... Your voice went straight to my heart. I'm taking 'Let it be'."
I nodded. This was good.
"So what going to be the last one?" I asked.
"I think we can all agree that you are amazing in each of them. " Simon started. "What do you think boys? What song should we take?"
"I think we should do 'Fix you' as the Final. I'll go on stage with her and I'll play the second guitar." Niall proposed.
"Or better, we all go one by one on stage and sing with her. It'll be a way of introducing us to he crowd at the same time." Harry said, still smiling at me.
"That's good." Simon approved. "Okay, so let's get this set list started..."
A few hours later, the set list was finished.
1- Don't Stop Believing - Journey
2- Kiss Me - Ed Sheeran
3- Make You Feel My Love - Adele
4- Let It Be - The Beatles
5- Autumn Leaves - Ed Sheeran
6- Hold On - Ed Sheeran
7- Fix You - Coldplay
(A/N: If you don't know one of these songs, please go listen to them, just so you have an idea of what it'd be like :) )
After another hour of planning, it was ready. Simon told me he would give the set list to the musicians. I'd practice with them and the boys tomorrow. The boys were goofing around, again. Harry took a picture of him and the boys in the studio. He put it on Twitter.
@Harry_Styles: @Real_Liam_Payne @NiallOfficial @zaynmalik @Louis_Tomlinson Great rehearsal today for the San Jose show! Also, we practice with our new surprise opening act in LA! Be ready, because it will be amazing! Shhh, it's a surprise ;)
I laughed when I saw the tweet. The boys' phone was buzzing, notifications flowing in, asking them who was the opening act. The fans were all super excited, but my anxiety kept rising. What if they don't like me? Harry noticed I wasn't smiling.
"What is it, love?"
My stomach did three back flips, just like every time he called me 'love'. Heck, more like every time he spoke to me.
"I'm just a bit anxious... What if your fans don't like me?" I asked.
Harry did something that totally surprised me. He pulled me into a hug in front of everybody. He whispered in my ear, his breath hot against my skin.
"They'll love you, I promise." He said.
I nodded and hugged him back, even if I was still surprised. He pulled back after a few second and kissed my forehead.
"Everything will be alright, you'll see. It's impossible not to like you, Haze, just like it's impossible not to fall for your voice." Harry said, his green eyes locked with mine.
I nodded. "Yeah, okay..."
Harry smiled cheekily at me. "We should go to the hotel so you can get ready for our date." He said before kissing me cheek and leaving to speak to Simon.
I touched my cheek in wonder. He called it a date. He called it a date! HE CALLED IT A DATE!!! Relax, idiot, he probably just forgot the 'friendly' in front of the word... A mean voice hissed in my mind.
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HE STILL CALLED IT A DATE.MEDIA PICTURE: HARRY STYLES AS HARRY
MEDIA VIDEO: HOLD ON BY ED SHEERAN
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Endlessly (Harry Styles)
FanfictionThis is the story of an endless love between two young people bound together by their love of music (and chocolate). Hazel Murray is a young girl living in a small American town who only dreams of one thing: travelling around the world. She is a swe...